The honor comes one day after the Indian music legend, a 20-year Encinitas resident, died at 92; North County resident Patti Page also a recipient

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Indian musician and sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, 92, performs during a concert in Bangalore, India. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. He was 92. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Indian musician and sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, 92, performs during a concert in Bangalore, India. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. He was 92. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 3, 1967 file photo, George Harrison, of the Beatles, left, sits cross-legged with his musical mentor, Ravi Shankar of India, in Los Angeles, as Harrison explains to newsmen that Shankar is teaching him to play ...
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FILE - In this 1967 file photo, Ravi Shankar plays his sitar in Los Angeles. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to ...
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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2002 file photo, Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, left, and his daughter Anoushka Shankar laugh during the shooting of a film endorsing the strengthening of Indian laws against animal cruelty in New Delhi. Shankar, ...
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FILE - In this July 19, 2005 file photo, Indian musician Ravi Shankar performs during the opening day of the Paleo Festival, in Nyon, Switzerland. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing ...
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The Indian music great and sitar master, a 20-year Encinitas resident, will be honored at an invitation-only ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb. 9. The annual Special Merit Awards event, at which six other artists will also receive Lifetime Achievement Grammy Awards, takes place just one day before the 55th annual Grammy Awards are to be telecast live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

By coincidence, Shankar last week was named as one of the Grammy nominees for Best World Music Album. It is a category in which his daughter, sitar virtuoso Anoushka, 31, is also nominated, marking what appears to be the first time that a father and daughter's albums will be competing for the same honor at the Grammys.

Another longtime San Diego County resident, singer Patti Page, 85, will also receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. She rose to game in the 1950s with such pop hits as "Allegheny Moon," "Old Cape Cod," "Let Me Go, Lover!" and "Go On with the Wedding." She is perhaps best know, however, for her 1953 novelty hit, "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"

Page was not available for comment Wednesday. However, her personal manager Michael Glynn spoke with her about the honor.

"She was called about a week and a half ago by by Neil Portnow, the head of the Grammys," Glynn said. "She was very happy and very honored, almost overwhelmed. Patti's looking forward to attending the ceremony."

Ravi Shankar & Anoushka Shankar Live: Raag Khamaj (1997)

In addition to Shankar, two other artists will receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously. They are: classical piano giant Glenn Gould, who died in 1982; and blues pioneer Lightnin' Hopkins, who died the same year and at least indirectly helped lay the foundation for rock 'n' roll.

"Each year, The Academy has the distinct privilege of honoring those who have greatly contributed to our industry and cultural heritage, and this year we have a gifted and brilliant group of honorees," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy, under whose auspices the Grammys are presented.

"Their exceptional accomplishments, contributions and artistry will continue to influence and inspire generations to come."